AAFP Long COVID resource: Supporting Family Physicians and Patients

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  1. rvallee

    rvallee Senior Member (Voting Rights)

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    (Unsure where to place this, it isn't news, more of a resource from a large organization, it's probably not new but I couldn't find it on the forum)

    From the American Association of Family Physicians.

    Supporting Family Physicians and Patients
    https://www.aafp.org/family-physici...9/covid-19-clinical-resources/long-covid.html

    Includes some documents for physicians and patients, CME resources, a definition of LC that is a copy-paste of ME/CFS, but with zero mention of it. The AAFP recently published an article on LC, that may as well also be about ME/CFS, but without any mention of it. Frankly, a physician who relies on official sources to know about LC is simply not well-informed about it, they are simply inadequate.

    Some of the information is actually better than average, but it only offers bits and pieces that physicians have to put together. The patient handout has a rather clear, and useful, warning:
     
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    Utsikt Senior Member (Voting Rights)

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    This makes it seem like PEM is mostly fatigue.
     
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